When Christ is absent from this part of our life, then “our toil shall be great, our path unsteady, our grief inconsolable, and our lives care-worn.” The one who is focused upon Christ and seeks him first will labor temperately and freely. In the absence of Christ, however, one is driven by agitation and fear.
00:21:26 Amale Obeid: How do hermits balance the solitude with the duty to serve others?
00:28:13 Anthony: We Americans have the farce of the Puritan work ethic, though. We are people, not human resources. That is a point of resistance for me.
00:37:50 Rebecca Thérèse: A siev is a strainer
00:38:02 Rebecca Thérèse: sieve
00:39:25 Anthony: As a matter of historical note, in the middle ages, cloth was the first commodity, and a source of wealth. Weavers were treated poorly, like the way treat robots. The heresy of Waldensianism spread among weavers, perhaps during to their social condition.
00:42:07 Lilly: Saint Francis of Assisi, comes to mind. He left his dad's linen business to live a monastic life :)
00:43:19 Anthony: Reacted to Saint Francis of Ass... with "👍"
00:59:29 Amale Obeid: How much work is “enough” to not be slothful or idle? Secular life does not let you step down or slow down. It feels more and more like it’s an all or nothing choice
01:09:33 Anthony: On the neglect of the most important things when work is too long or too heavy: St John Bosco & St Frances Cabrini looked after children whose families were forced to work to the neglect of children....and the boys themselves who worked so much but neglected their souls.
01:10:54 Vanessa: Reacted to "On the neglect of th..." with 👍
01:11:17 Anthony: Thank God Pope Francis preaches on the evil of usury /
debt culture.
01:15:53 Maureen Cunningham: Thank You Father David
01:15:56 Rebecca Thérèse: Thank you🙂
01:16:37 Andrew Adams: Thank you Father!
01:16:43 Rachel: Thank you
01:16:47 Nick Bodmer: Thanks!